When a poor carpenter selects a very proud and stubborn donkey to carry his wife Mary to Bethlehem, the donkey tries to resist, but his act of rebellion is miraculously transformed into an act of courage.

Long, long ago, there was a very proud and stubborn donkey named Arod. "Only a king is good enough for me," he boasts. So when a poor carpenter buys him to carry his wife, Mary, to Bethlehem, Arod tries to run away. But this act of rebellion is miraculously transformed into an act of courage, and Arod begins to wonder whether it isn't more important to be good enough for this king.